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I'm Jensen Holt McNair and right now we're going through exodus.

In 2020, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, two Latina women,

headline the Super Bowl halftime show.

During Jennifer Lopez's portion of the performance,

she included a powerful image of young children

sitting in cages of light across the field. Now, you think of 2020 you probably think about

the pandemic but before the start of the pandemic immigration was at the

forefront of our nation's political stage.

A zero tolerance, family separation policy

had been put into place, where parents and children

were forcibly separated from each other

upon crossing the US and Mexican border illegally.

In 2018, a group of reporters gained access to one of the facilities in Texas

where children were being held.

They stated that there were migrants, including children. where children were

in cages, sleeping on mattresses on mattresses on the ground

under foil blankets.

Shortly after, the Border Patrol released photos confirming what these reporters witnessed.

In 2019, a group of lawyers and a physician were granted access again to a facility in Texas. They came following a flu outbreak

that led to five infants being placed in neonatal intensive care. The physician

is quoted saying children without their parents were facing extreme cold temperatures, lights on 24 hours a day, no adequate access to medical care, basic sanitation, water, or adequate food. The youngest child

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